Field peas are the South's most varied legume, but many cooks never venture past black-eyed peas and might not realize there are other choices. We should, however. Although black-eyed peas are good, ...

Sheri visits the Utopian Seed Project to learn about saving heritage crops. Field peas were once passed down through families and farmers. Sheri takes a trip to the field peas at the Utopian Seed ...

A farmer might call them cowpeas. A grocer might call them black-eyed peas. A restaurant waitress might call them field peas. But they are all talking about the same vegetable — the southern pea. If ...

A survey was conducted in Germany during 2009–2012 on seed health of organic pea and faba beans and their harvested progeny seed on up to 32 organic farms per year. Seeds were either basic seeds ...

Chuck Showalter walked through the Mississippi Market Co-op in St. Paul, Minnesota, one recent morning, past a colorful display of fresh organic produce, artisan cheeses and essential oils. The ...

The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds, she knows ...